Margie Wright
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Margie Wright is a highly successful American college softball coach best known for her long and record-setting tenure leading the Fresno State Bulldogs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margie Wright canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9227560 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margie Wright Context triple: [Margie Wright Diamond, namedAfter, Margie Wright]
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A.
Margie Willett
Margie Willett was the first wife of American actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke, with whom she was married for over three decades before their divorce in the early 1980s.
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B.
Margie Carsen
Margie Carsen is a character in the adventure film "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines," serving as a key figure in the story surrounding the quest for the legendary mines.
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C.
Diane Whittlesey
Diane Whittlesey is a corrections officer character on the HBO prison drama series "Oz," portrayed by actress Edie Falco.
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D.
Margie Petersen
Margie Petersen was an American philanthropist and automotive enthusiast best known for co-founding the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles with her husband, publishing magnate Robert E. Petersen.
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E.
Margaret Sexton
Margaret Sexton was the wife of U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson, a prominent figure in the Spanish–American War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margie Wright Target entity description: Margie Wright is a highly successful American college softball coach best known for her long and record-setting tenure leading the Fresno State Bulldogs.
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A.
Margie Willett
Margie Willett was the first wife of American actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke, with whom she was married for over three decades before their divorce in the early 1980s.
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B.
Margie Carsen
Margie Carsen is a character in the adventure film "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines," serving as a key figure in the story surrounding the quest for the legendary mines.
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C.
Diane Whittlesey
Diane Whittlesey is a corrections officer character on the HBO prison drama series "Oz," portrayed by actress Edie Falco.
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D.
Margie Petersen
Margie Petersen was an American philanthropist and automotive enthusiast best known for co-founding the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles with her husband, publishing magnate Robert E. Petersen.
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E.
Margaret Sexton
Margaret Sexton was the wife of U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William Thomas Sampson, a prominent figure in the Spanish–American War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college softball coach
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human ⓘ softball coach ⓘ |
| almaMater | Illinois State University ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ASA Hall of Fame induction
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NCAA national championship in softball as head coach ⓘ NFCA Hall of Fame induction ⓘ multiple conference coach of the year awards ⓘ |
| coachOf |
Fresno State Bulldogs softball team
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linked to:
Fresno State University softball program
Illinois State Redbirds softball team ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-12-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Illinois State University ⓘ |
| employer | California State University, Fresno ⓘ |
| endTime |
1985 (Illinois State head coach)
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2012 (Fresno State head coach) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| fieldNamedAfter | Margie Wright Diamond ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
college sports administration
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sports coaching ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | college athletics coaching ⓘ |
| honor | Fresno State softball stadium named Margie Wright Diamond ⓘ |
| influenced | development of West Coast college softball ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| league | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Illinois State Redbirds softball team ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
led Fresno State to the 1998 Women’s College World Series title
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led teams to multiple Women’s College World Series appearances ⓘ |
| notableFor | coaching Fresno State Bulldogs softball team ⓘ |
| notableStudent | numerous All-American softball players at Fresno State ⓘ |
| notableWork | building Fresno State into a national softball power ⓘ |
| numberOfCareerWins | over 1,400 NCAA softball victories ⓘ |
| occupation | softball coach ⓘ |
| partOf |
Fresno State Bulldogs athletics program
ⓘ
linked to:
Fresno State Bulldogs
Missouri Valley Conference (as Illinois State coach) ⓘ
linked to:
Missouri Valley Conference
Mountain West Conference (as Fresno State coach) ⓘ
linked to:
Mountain West Conference
Western Athletic Conference (as Fresno State coach) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Warrensburg, Illinois, United States
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linked to:
Warrensburg, Illinois
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| positionHeld |
head coach of Fresno State Bulldogs softball team
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head coach of Illinois State Redbirds softball team ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | pitcher ⓘ |
| recordHeld | NCAA Division I all-time wins leader in softball at time of retirement ⓘ |
| residence | Fresno, California (during coaching career) ⓘ |
| sport | softball ⓘ |
| startTime |
1980 (Illinois State head coach)
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1986 (Fresno State head coach) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Margie Wright Description of subject: Margie Wright is a highly successful American college softball coach best known for her long and record-setting tenure leading the Fresno State Bulldogs.
Referenced by (3)
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